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A surging master-planned community in Utah gets its own entertainment district

Since its construction began two decades ago, Daybreak, the 4,100-acre master-planned community in South Jordan, Utah, has been a catalyst and model for regional growth. The latest addition is a 200-acre mixed-use entertainment district that will serve as a walkable and bikeable neighborhood within the community, anchored by a minor-league baseball park and a cinema/entertainment complex.




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Oct 23, 2013

Manhattan's landmark Marble Collegiate Church modernized

Helpern Architects, Structure Tone led the Building Team in a multi-phase project. 

Drew Ballensky | Oct 22, 2013

Slow-growth economy continues to boost renovations over new construction

Major renovation projects—those costing more than $100,000—climbed as a share of total nonresidential construction as the recession began and haven’t yet come down, breaking from historic patterns.

Drew Ballensky | Oct 15, 2013

Historic LA YMCA-turned apartment building wins World Architecture Festival award

A major renovation of an historic YMCA in Los Angeles to an apartment facility was named the 2013 World Architecture Festival Housing Award recipient.

Oct 7, 2013

Nation's first glass curtain wall exterior restored in San Francisco

The Hallidie Building's glass-and-steel skin is generally recognized as the forerunner of today’s curtain wall facilities. 

Drew Ballensky | Oct 7, 2013

Lenders want better data to fund more green building retrofits

The CEO of Pittsburgh’s Green Building Alliance says lenders want better data to justify loans for green building retrofits.

Drew Ballensky | Oct 1, 2013

Renovation of historic Winchester, Va., buildings uncovers Civil War cannonball, bullets

The renovation of a set of historic downtown Winchester, Va., buildings led to the discovery of several historic artifacts including a Civil War cannonball and bullets, a variety of old baseball cards, and a 1940s-era newspaper embedded in the drywall.

Drew Ballensky | Sep 24, 2013

Hersheypark Arena ceiling renovation brightens interior, improves acoustics

Hersheypark Arena in Hershey, Pa., unveiled a new look following a $500,000 ceiling renovation.

Drew Ballensky | Sep 17, 2013

Complex stained glass restoration under way on Wisconsin Capitol Building

Work is under way at the Wisconsin State Capitol on an extensive $2.7 million, 14-month renovation to the skylights above the House and Senate chambers, along with the barrel vault skyline above the grand staircase and the panels in the rotunda dome.

Drew Ballensky | Sep 10, 2013

Melbourne, Australia’s ambitious retrofit program earns climate leadership award

The 1200 Buildings program in Melbourne, Australia was designed to encourage the retrofitting of 1,200 commercial buildings, or about 70% of the city’s commercial buildings stock.

Drew Ballensky | Sep 4, 2013

Twenty-nine-acre brick building complex in Watertown, Mass., to be renovated as innovation hub

The owner of a 29-acre cluster of brick buildings in Watertown, Mass., wants to reinvent the site as a 21st-century innovation hub.

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